How many african cichlids can i put in my tank?

brusselsprout on October 22nd, 2009 at 10:31 pm

Just remember 1 inch of fish per every one gallon of water.

puresnowchic on October 25th, 2009 at 9:08 am

1 inch of fish per gallon of water depending on the type of fish. You would want to give your fish a little more room than that. That is crowded. Some of the more expensive fish need up to 10gallons per inch. Do some research and see what the requirements are for those specific types of fish. I would say probably not more than 15 fully grown fish in a 75 gallon.

tigersfan315 on October 27th, 2009 at 2:34 pm

You could probably do like 20..

brandonkamp on October 29th, 2009 at 10:58 pm

The 1″ – 1g rule DOES NOT APPLY TO AFRICAN CICHLIDS OR SCHOOLING FISH! Sorry, but i’ve heard that many times. The persom who said 20 is pretty close, but I’d probably go with 16-18.

MarineCowboy01 on November 1st, 2009 at 4:24 pm

in a 75 gallon tank you can put about 5-6 AC together.

Ocintu on November 3rd, 2009 at 11:55 pm

Brandons right…… the 1inch per fish doesn’t apply to cichlids. If you’re putting africans together there’s a couple ways to go. If you want babies, you’re going to want to try to get 1 male and maybe 3-4 females… or if you just want lots of different kinds you’ll want to slightly overcrowd them in order to disperse aggression. I had africans in a 75 and only had 8 or so and there was LOTS of aggression… until I added another 6 or 7 and then it was a lot happier in there. Just make sure you keep up on water changes due to a higher bioload. Goodluck!